Brother Adam Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 How about a more serious debate. If a person is in a state of mortal sin, should they even bother continuing to pray and attend mass until they go to confession? Would God hear them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Yes, they should. Maybe they're in a state of perfect contrition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 I've been told this is all but impossible for anyone to ever achieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) Yes, but you never know. We are required by Divine Law to attend Mass, so it would be pointless (and hurtful) for me to stop attending. Edited July 7, 2005 by qfnol31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 More specifically what about prayer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Would God hear them...probably not. Would God guide them back to the Church? Hopefully. People fall and come back all the time...God has to be moving in all that is good, so repentence is prompted by God (and repentence is our response to His stimulus)...I would say that God would use it to help bring us to repentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Jul 7 2005, 11:49 AM']More specifically what about prayer? [right][snapback]634329[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Whether God hears our prayers or not, we do. Sometimes when we listen to what we're saying in our prayers, we realize things about ourselves and seek to be closer to Christ...thus, repentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Prayer is for our benefit, not God's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidei Defensor Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 God "hears" our prayers always because he is God. But he does not necesarily "answer" them when we are in the state of mortal sin, unless it will cause us to return to the state of grace.. Or just my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karin Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Jul 7 2005, 10:43 AM']How about a more serious debate. If a person is in a state of mortal sin, should they even bother continuing to pray and attend mass until they go to confession? Would God hear them? [right][snapback]634308[/snapback][/right] [/quote] if that is the case then what about people who fall into mortal sin who are not Catholic? With one mortal sin would that mean they were damned to hell? I believe God always hears you when you pray . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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